My goal is to replace outdated TennisEngine.com website (I'm sure all of us used it at some point!).

Some of the features:
- this website is absolutely free for both players and admins
- find a local league/ladder and opponents
- create and administer a new league/ladder
- create, manage or play a tennis tournament
- keep a personal journal of all ladder and non-ladder matches
- view all kind of statistics about your matches and your playing patterns.

Please let me know what you think. I just launched this very first version of it today. Thx!

My goal is to replace outdated TennisEngine.com website (I'm sure all of us used it at some point!).

Some of the features:
- this website is absolutely free for both players and admins
- find a local league/ladder and opponents
- create and administer a new league/ladder
- create, manage or play a tennis tournament
- keep a personal journal of all ladder and non-ladder matches
- view all kind of statistics about your matches and your playing patterns.

Please let me know what you think. I just launched this very first version of it today. Thx!

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I'm not sure how to use this to manage a league team. That involves being able to enter a schedule of matches (dates, opponents, and locations) and assigning players to each match and line then being able to contact them through the system. I don't see how this would be possible with your system unless I'm missing something. The interface (AJAX?) is very slick though.

Thanks or taking a look! The league management is not ready yet. Sorry, I should have pulled that out from the features list!

Which features are you exactly looking for when managing a league? I'm more than happy to add them

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Well I was trying to think of what tennisone.com offers. They are apparently going to start charging for access to their formerly free system so some captains at our club are looking around for alternatives.

Like I wrote before, that involves being able to enter a schedule of matches (dates, opponents, and locations) and assigning players to each match and line then being able to contact them through the system but also a lot of other functions. I've copied their team member menu options and the captain menu options below where the text in bold is a section title to give you an idea of what tennisone does. You could always join and see for yourself.

We actually use a different online system to schedule court time and make reservations for lessons with a club pro on our courts. I believe it is run by the USPTA and is found at courtsideusa.com. You might want to consider integrating its functions as well to generate more interest in your software.

I tested it on Safari on iPad and iPhone....I don't have a Mac to confirm it works on that version of Safari too....

Yeah, I do web development for a living, and I'm always anxious when a new version of a browser, Adobe Acrobat, or (insert any other software here) is released....you know something will break with one of those updates!

I'm getting some really great suggestions from a lot of people, thanks everyone!
I just added a feature to configure a ladder as a private or public.
And I added an explanation how the system calculates rankings and Average Opponent Strength.

I tested it on Safari on iPad and iPhone....I don't have a Mac to confirm it works on that version of Safari too....

Yeah, I do web development for a living, and I'm always anxious when a new version of a browser, Adobe Acrobat, or (insert any other software here) is released....you know something will break with one of those updates!

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I'll try and remember to test your website out one of these nights when I'm at home on a Mac. There were some minor differences the between the iOS and Lion versions of Safari on the last website I worked on.

I'm thinking of adding more ranking systems as a way to calculate rankings. What do people prefer: based on ranking points, leap frog...etc?

Right now, my ranking system is based on number of matches won and I calculate quality of opponents (average opponent strength). Any opinions if I should combine those two somehow? (for example, total ranking points would be: # of matches won + 0.5*avg_opponent_strength) ? Or maybe I will just make it so that the administrator can configure the weight of the avg_opponent_strength?

I'm thinking of adding more ranking systems as a way to calculate rankings. What do people prefer: based on ranking points, leap frog...etc?

Right now, my ranking system is based on number of matches won and I calculate quality of opponents (average opponent strength). Any opinions if I should combine those two somehow? (for example, total ranking points would be: # of matches won + 0.5*avg_opponent_strength) ? Or maybe I will just make it so that the administrator can configure the weight of the avg_opponent_strength?

How does this functionality work. I couldn't find the link, in your site, to contact you. Is there a charge?

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Hey there!
I might charge for this functionality in future (since I won't be displaying ads within your website), but let's say that first 10 people using it get it for free as a thanks for helping me beta-test it (there's still couple free slots left).

The way the set up works is:
1) Create a laddero.com account and create your ladder. Do NOT add players yet (so they wouldn't get an email from laddero.com), but email me at info@laddero.com with your ladder details.

2) I will enable your account for this feature, and at that point, you can start adding your players. They will NOT get an email from laddero.com, since it will be transparent to them that their ladder is hosted somewhere else.

3) Also, I will send you a link that you will use to embed your ladder in your website.

Just thought that I should revive this thread since I made a bunch of changes to the interface and added more features....Also, the spring is here and I know that many Admins are looking for a better alternative to TennisEngine
Please take a look at laddero.com and let me know of any questions/suggestions?
Thanks!

- graphical representation of each player's winning/losing streaks
- all other historical data has graphical representation
- graphical h2h representation
- export as excel standings and matches played (useful for backups)
- add captcha to the registration and user upload page. and create all users as active, and log them directly into the system.
- match simulator for what if scenarios
- Simplified login and registration process. uneccessary clicks are eliminated

It's been awhile since I've posted updates to laddero.com, but here is the latest:
- Count only last N matches between two opponents toward rankings (configurable). (Still allow people to play each other more than N times (it will count toward their H2H record), but only count last N matches toward ratings for that ladder. This prevents two people being on top of the ladder by playing only each other.

- Add participation/diversity points to the rankings: get “bonus” points if you play a variety of players. For example, one bonus point for each unique player you played.

- Group emailing - allow to contact only sub-groups of people. Filtering per: peers, top 5 players, bottom 5 players, per NTRP…. many combinations are possible.